Coca-Cola bottling plant to close

[Burnsie]

https://www.freep.com/story/news/loc...ds/8095674002/

Paging the scrappers...

5981 W. Warren, the plant opened by 1943. Apparently this is the only Coke bottling plant in metro Detroit, aside from warehouse-only operations?

[Danny]

Horrible, Coke is not it in Detroit anymore. Good riddance. That's why I drink Faygo.

[K-slice]

I didn't even know we had a Coke plant...

[stasu1213]

Offer them free parking and incentives

[401don]

Horrible, Coke is not it in Detroit anymore. Good riddance. That's why I drink Faygo.

Good riddance to all soft drink companies. Liquid poison.

[Burnsie]

Good riddance to all soft drink companies. Liquid poison.

You could say the same thing about liquor. Moderation is the key. I don't know how many of them they bottle there, but Coca-Cola has a lot more beverages other than pop. Interestingly, Coke used to occupy part of the present Faygo plant from at least 1937 to 1959-- 3609 Gratiot, with Faygo at 3567. It seems crazy that production is being consolidated in Grand Rapids, but then Mlive prints all its papers in Cleveland!

[Maof]

I didn't even know we had a Coke plant...

You and me both.

[IrishSpartan]

You could say the same thing about liquor. Moderation is the key. I don't know how many of them they bottle there, but Coca-Cola has a lot more beverages other than pop. Interestingly, Coke used to occupy part of the present Faygo plant from at least 1937 to 1959-- 3609 Gratiot, with Faygo at 3567. It seems crazy that production is being consolidated in Grand Rapids, but then Mlive prints all its papers in Cleveland!

Back in those days when Dossin Food Products bottled and distributed Pepsi they were on Gratiot next door to Coca-Cola.

[Meddle]

I didn't even know we had a Coke plant...

Zug Island, no?

[Honky Tonk]

Zug Island, no?

Then there's that beat up house at the end of the block with all the flashy cars parked around it and people coming and going all hours of the day.

[Richard]

Horrible, Coke is not it in Detroit anymore. Good riddance. That's why I drink Faygo.

It’s not locally owned anymore,number crunchers decide to make decisions and the headquarters gets moved,then you have 2 less diversified economy options.

[Burnsie]

Back in those days when Dossin Food Products bottled and distributed Pepsi they were on Gratiot next door to Coca-Cola.

I see that Pepsi moved out in 1960 to Highland Park, now a Towne Club plant. Free Press 10/30/59

[Pat001]

When I was a child, my family toured the Venrnors plant. One lady worker had the job of inspecting returned bottles. She threw the rejected ones against a wall where the glass fell into a bin underneath. Imagine having a job where you break pop bottles all day.

[IrishSpartan]

I see that Pepsi moved out in 1960 to Highland Park, now a Towne Club plant. Free Press 10/30/59

Well, that's Detroit not Highland Park. But yes, Pepsi moved to John R. and State Fair area after Dossin sold the operation. Coca-Cola left the Gratiot location before Pepsi, and Pepsi took over that space that became apart of Faygo.

[Hypestyles]

hmm... They need to publicize where to apply for jobs. I'll tell a few friends in the greater Grand Rapids area.

I hope the abandoned factory gets turned into something else. Apartments, something.

[Honky Tonk]

I hope the abandoned factory gets turned into something else. Apartments, something.

I drove by that building for years. It's has an interesting architecture/style to it. Was it something else before it became a Coca-Cola factory?

[Burnsie]

Well, that's Detroit not Highland Park. But yes, Pepsi moved to John R. and State Fair area after Dossin sold the operation. Coca-Cola left the Gratiot location before Pepsi, and Pepsi took over that space that became apart of Faygo.

Sorry, I accidentally took Google Maps' claim of Highland Park at face value without actually verifying the map location. The last reference to Coke being at 3609 Gratiot in the Free Press was 5/24/59.

[Burnsie]

I drove by that building for years. It's has an interesting architecture/style to it. Was it something else before it became a Coca-Cola factory?

No, opened as a Coke plant. It reminds me of the 1941 AC Spark Plug admin building in Flint. Factories had style back then!

[Honky Tonk]

No, opened as a Coke plant. It reminds me of the 1941 AC Spark Plug admin building in Flint. Factories had style back then!

Thanks. Just saw your reply today. I guess it's the front office facade that makes me think it might have been something else in a previous life. All the factories I've been in, in my younger days, were pretty much just production facilities and their offices not much better. The Coke building looks to me like it was designed to impress. The production area must be behind it. I like the style of that building, kind of 40s "modern".

[stasu1213]

Thanks. Just saw your reply today. I guess it's the front office facade that makes me think it might have been something else in a previous life. All the factories I've been in, in my younger days, were pretty much just production facilities and their offices not much better. The Coke building looks to me like it was designed to impress. The production area must be behind it. I like the style of that building, kind of 40s "modern".

It's an art deco design

[Honky Tonk]

It's an art deco design

He's designed a lot of cool things in his lifetime.

[Richard]

I think the Coca Cola one would be referred to as Streamline Moderne where as the AC spark plug one would be more of Arts design.

Both pretty cool buildings.